This article is about a/an collectible card game in the Super Sentai series.

Rangers Strike (レンジャーズストライク,Renjāzu Sutoraiku) is a Japanese trading card game created by Carddas initially based upon Toei's Super Sentai Series television franchise. It was released in 2006 in commemoration of the Super Sentai series' 30th anniversary. The game was expanded with several expansion packs, such as The Masked Rider Expansion (ザ・マスクドライダーEXP,Za Masukudo Raidā EXP) collection in 2007, featuring characters from the Kamen RiderSeries television franchise, and the Special Metal Edition (スペシャルメタルエディション,Supesharu Metaru Edishon) in 2008 featuring characters from the Metal HeroSeries television franchise. The new X Gather (クロスギャザー,Kurosu Gyazā) expansions feature characters from the Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, and Metal Hero Series, and other TV series based on works by Shotaro Ishinomori (Robocon, Kikaider, Inazuman, etc.).

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Game cards

There are four rarity categories: Normal, Rare, Super Rare, and Secret Rare. There are three kinds of cards: Unit Cards, Operation Cards, and Vehicle Cards, which were introduced in The Masked Rider Expansion.

Unit Cards are divided into four sizes: Small (warriors), Medium (individual mecha), Large (mecha combinations), and Extra Large (mecha carriers).

If a Unit Card has a Strike Point mark of "1", it can deliver damage. If it has an SP mark of "!", It can use an attack which is described in the card text. If it has no mark, it cannot Strike.

Operation Cards involve Sentai related powers. They can be "Stationary" (the operation is in effect for as long as the card is in use) or "Counter" (can be used during your opponent's turn).

Vehicle cards allow small Unit Cards to be "mounted".

Game play

To Hold Command (which enables cards of a certain category to be controlled) over a particular category, turn the card to its left side. To Release Command, turn it back.

The play sheet used in this game has a space for the deck, a space for Operation Cards, a "Power Zone", a "Command Zone", a "Rush Area", and a "Battle Area".

In order to Rush a card (bring into the Rush Area), one must Hold Command over a particular category. Each Card requires a certain number of cards in the Power Zone (the face can be up or down) to be Rushed.

Turn phases

Each turn is divided into five "Phases".

In the Start Phase, you draw one card from your deck.

In the Charge Phase, you can place a card in the Power Zone, Hold/Release Command, or even activate an Operation card.

In the Rush Phase, you bring a card to the Rush Area (you should be Holding Command over that card's catergory).

In the Battle Phase, you bring a card to the Battle Area and attack your opponent. Cards that are bested in Battle Points are considered "struck", and must be removed from the sheet.

The Masked Rider Expansion Vol. 2 (ザ・マスクドライダーEXP Vol.2,Za Masukudo Raidā Ekusupanshon Vol.2): This expansion introduces the various villains from the Kamen Rider Series as well as Riders from Kamen Rider The Next and from the second half of Kamen Rider Den-O and its movie.

Reviver (リヴァイバー,Rivaibā): A re-release of cards from Legends 1 through 4.

Belt Collection Box (ベルトコレクションＢＯＸ,Beruto Korekushon Bokkusu): A special boxed set that includes solely the Henshin Belts of all of the lead Kamen Riders up to Den-O (this excludes 2, Riderman, ZO, J, and all of the non-eponymous Riders of the Heisei Series).

Legend 7: "The Seven Ninjas' Flame Camp" (七忍の炎陣,Shichinin no Enjin): The seventh pack focuses on the ninja-themed series, Kakuranger and Hurricaneger and introduces characters from Go-onger into the game.

Categories

Cards are divided into five categories, though they occasionally intertwine on the card illustrations (e.g.: the Rescue Fighter card, an Over-Technology card from Carranger, shows the Rescue Fighter healing the GaoBear and GaoPolar, which are Wild Beast cards, from Gaoranger). Furthermore, the game has also received a Kamen Rider Series add-on set known as The Masked Rider Expansion and a Metal Hero add-on set called the Special Metal Edition.

Earth Technology

Earth Technology (アーステクノロジー,Āsu Tekunorojī) cards feature characters whose powers arise from present-day technology made on the Earth, symbolized by a green globe grid. The Earth Technology category covers characters and items from the following series and films:

Mystic Arms

Mystic Arms (ミスティックアームズ,Misutikku Āmuzu) cards feature characters whose powers come from supernatural or paranormal means, and also includes ninjutsu, symbolized by a yellow five-pointed star formed from aura comets. The Mystic Arms category covers characters from the following series and films:

Dark Alliance

Dark Alliance (ダークアライアンス,Dāku Araiansu) cards feature the various villains and anti-heroes of the Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, and Metal Hero series, symbolized by a purple demon's eye. To date, the Dark Alliance category has covered the following:

Multi-Category

Multi-Category (マルチカテゴリ,Maruchi Kategori) cards categorize characters or items that can belong in more than one of the categories Wild Beast, Earth Technology, Over Technology, Mystic Arms, and Dark Alliance. Example Multi-Category cards include:

Most forms of Kamen Rider Double are Multi-Category cards, color-coded to the forms Kamen Rider Double takes. Forms that use the Metal Memory are only one category, but have a different colored symbol than usual.